Guide Pharmacists to Manage Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure Patients
Overview Managing hyperkalemia (HK) in HF requires a structured approach based on ser…
Management Strategies for Hypertensive Nephropathy in CKD Patients
Overview As a clinical pharmacist, effective BP management in CKD is essential to slow …
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
Therapeutic actions ACE inhibitors block ACE in the lungs from converting angiotensin 1…
How to DOSE medications for systolic heart failure
As a cardiovascular pharmacist, you will be asked more how to dose medications for systol…
How to treat MILD hypertension
As a cardiovascular pharmacist, you will hear debate about when to start drugs in patient…
Expect a serum creatinine bump when starting an ACEI or ARB in kidney disease
How to safely use ACEIs or ARBs in patients with chronic kidney disease, this is an impor…
Risk of acute kidney injury when adding NSAID to diuretic plus ACEI or ARB
As a clinical pharmacist, you'll hear more about the risk of acute kidney injury when…
Managing hypertension in older adults (60 years or older)
Lowering systolic blood pressure (BP) can benefit even very old patients with hypertensio…
Recommend the right antihypertensive combination for hypertension
Many patients with uncomplicated hypertension will need two or more medications to reach …
Managing diastolic or preserved ejection fraction heart failure (HFpEF)
How to treat "DIASTOLIC" heart failure or heart failure with a PRESERVED ejecti…
Using of potassium binders when ACEIs or ARBs cause hyperkalemia
New Rx Lokelma will pique interest in the role of potassium binders to treat CHRONIC hig…
Overview of hypertension
Introduction Hypertension is defined as persistently elevated arterial blood pressure…
Overview of HEART FAILURE treatment
Overview Heart failure typically classified by New York Heart Association (NYHA) I-IV …
Be ready to manage patients with very high blood pressure
Overview What should you do when patients report a very high blood pressure (BP) readi…
Nicorandil, serious side effects (ulceration)
Angina is chest pain originating from reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, often due t…